We have reached Thursday and most of the news is still about Flavio and how that is affecting everyone in the sport at the moment. There isn't much more to go on though, so perhaps it's worth looking at other things going on right now. Before I start, make sure you check out the new F1 Minute video. Onwards:
- The good news is that Donington Park hasn't completely gone to the ground yet, as the Wheatcroft family now have the keys back in their possession, and they're committed to re-opening the circuit as soon as they possibly can. Tom Wheatcroft's son Kevin is now in charge, and his main priority is saving jobs and keeping things going for the fans.
- Sauber have become the first team to announce their launch - now that the single group thing has been thrown out the window. At the end of January, just ahead of the first test of the year, we'll get to see a brand new car, apparently to be called the C29.
- In what should be a new segment for F1 Digest previews this year, I want to gather together your thoughts about the circuits on the 2010 calendar. I've set up a wiki page to collect them, and it explains it better than I could do here, so dive right in and leave your opinion on the tracks we will visit this year. (Multiple thoughts per track are actively encouraged!)
That should do for now. Snow is still causing havoc around the UK, so we'll see what today brings! I'll catch up with you in the comments.
hello... thursday.
sadly i did not win the lottery but 18 people did so instead of the 30mil they were expecting they only got 1.6 each. Sunny melbourne is lovely today, about 28 is the forecast
woops the date changed. one day i will learn!
oh no!.. can you win next time please? ;) 28?? it's freezing here.. but we seem to be the only part of kent that doesn't have a huge amount of snow - boo!
If I win the lottery, anyone from the comments that wants to, can come to Brazil for the proper season finale [hotel lights colour changes not included]
if you take us to brazil, i'll bring a lava lamp and squint ;)
Deal
I may get you a little tipsy though, probably before we land ;)
Already? I'm glad I just spent an enjoyable time blowing things up in C&C
would you make sure no one robs or mugs us? The tales from brazil scare me
i'll come and document the trip for you all.. :P
I think multiple helicopter trips from the hotel roof could be the way to go
Would that be ok?
i'm sure you could start chatting to the mclaren people on twitter and can get us in the paddock and all safe and sound ;) or maybe mr c can talk to ted.. what with that affinity they have and all ;)
I'd insist on it!
I spent a week in Sao Paolo and it wan't remotely scary.
I've walked the streets of Phnom Penh after dark, I'd risk Sao Paolo with little worry
If anyone wants their world turned upside down...
Am listening to The Flaming Lips version of Dark Side of the Moon, it's pretty good
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-dark-side-of-the-moon/id346025381
[hey, new daily seems appropriate for such startling revelations]
in honour of spa i am going to go to lord of the fries and get the belgian ones for lunch. Love spa, giving me an excuse to eat chips.
Don't forget the mayonnaise
As much as I like the S. Americans and their New World Reds, the Tuscans didn't get their Super prefix for nothing
#sponsoredbysangiovese
No, serioiusly.
Put your Pink Floyd worship mat aside and check this out
the mayo is what makes them belgian! I am not sure what they do to it but its the greatest mayo ever. If anyone is ever in melbourne id go so far as to call it a must do
#probablyagarlicthing
#probablyright
If you like that, you'll love [proper] Vietnam cuisine
#lookingtogobackagainsoon
Garlic Mayo ROCKS!
Will check it out after work if I remember, right now I'm off to bed as I have finished my blog post about F1 Minute! Okay so two logos might be overkill, there's a text wrap issue on the second and there's probably too many links, but it is 2am...
(I thought we were already in the new daily!)
i wish lunch was sooner than 1 hour and 37 minutes away
For most of Thurs we've been in Wed's post
I was jumping tabs and not paying too much attention to that...
It seems to be a theme for the week until at least 2am
[We're living in the past?]
I get that a lot
An insubstantial breakfast is to blame... and gluttony, of course ;)
way-hey.
(hugs pat)
Sleep calls
Until the morrow...
I am watching the review of the 2008 24 hours at LeMans.
Man that Gulf Aston Martin DB9 is a gorgeous car.
lunch time! If only the chips were closer than 2 blocks away. If only the lift would hurry up.
you're getting a lift?
indeed. how come you're watching that?
I'm a bit bored.
I had it in my que for netflix. I was going to write some stuff up late last year how LeMans has been the driver of innovation last decade and how F1 needs to make itself relevant to the world again. Quiting KERS really didn't help F1's case.
it's not too late to write it now. i likes the sound of that.
lift is necessary i work on the 13th floor ;)
ooooh. assumed you meant a lift in a car :)
you work on the FLOOR OF DHOOM!?
:D i have my chips! Now to get back to my desk and eat. If only the lift would hurry up. ;) (4 of them, only 1 works)
Good evening, well I suppose good morning for you guys! What did I miss?
new video: http://www.f1minute.com/category/video/
dan blogged: http://www.racingeagles.com/2010/01/a-open-letter-to-peter-windsor.html
umm, loads stuff.
(don't leave us again ;) )
you could run up the stairs?
i took the stairs when we worked on the first floor but not anymore! It appears no one else knew lord of the fries had a new shop in the mall down the road as already 5 people have asked how i got them because their original store is quite far from here. i should totally be on commission.
I like the video format!
yay. publishing another as soon as it uploads. yell if there's anything we can make better.
I still don't know where you find all the time. Pure class.
it's 4:30 in the uk and i'm still awake :)
Another reason why ESPN needs to take over the rights to F1 in America.
am just not convinced about 3d yet. prepared to be proved but it just doesn't interest me.
Well It's 9:30
pm yesterday here :)
ooooh. i need to work on your timezone!
and apparently that is too late because I have lost the ability to properly comment
i am so pleased to find someone else who doesnt care about 3d
I'm not, especially since it requires you to buy a new TV. Everyone has invested already in HD tv this decade.
it seems like a gimmick to upsell yet more hardware.
That said F1 (if done right) in 3D would be amazing.
it would, but they're not even doing HD yet, are they?
no idea. i think it'll just give me a headache to be honest.
That right... I forgot that this sport is run my the most technologically inept people ever.
thus far no. only upscaled.
I think it is the only major sport left in the world without HD :(
^^ fixed
:)
Why do I get the feeling trying to explain HD to Bernie would be like me trying to explain to my grandpa a decade ago when he was still alive how to program his VCR.
I don't know if they show the LG commercials in Europe like they do in Canada because all they talk about is "HD for the fastest sport in the world" and then when the coverage comes back it is very fuzzy :(
oh dear! no, haven't heard about that.
i dont think i would find f1 in 3d very amazing. I have seen a few of the things specifically made for 3d and even they didnt impress me very much. They make me feel a bit sick.
Speaking of that, I thought that LG was supposed to be a technical partnership as well as a advertising deal.
i miss the videos in press conferences. I wonder why they disappeared.
new video published: http://www.f1minute.com/category/video/
You know what Sidepodcast needs to do... we need to compete in the 25 hours of Thunderhill. Take a look at the starting gird and tell me with a straight face that wouldn't be fun.
christine's pug would fit right in.
I have an old friend from high school that does a lot of corvette club racing. I wonder if she would be interested in something like this. It's only about a 14 car ride away from my place.
when I go to head office twice a week, I work on the 13th floor too
#amyfinity
14 HOUR car ride. I type like Christopher Walken talks sometimes.
Morning all.
Man it's cold!
hullo.
Morning all
There is a lot of snow out there.
*waves*
morning morning folks.
Mr and Mrs C love the F1 Minute video. Excellent work.
Very smart use of live action in there. What's the difference in production time?
yippee.
compared to inside track? inside track took 30 hours to produce a show, and at the moment f1 minute is about 6-7hrs. should get quicker though.
Are you planning to go all F1 minute video all the time... Cos that's quite a lot of time. I meant compared to a F1 minute production.
Christine is only ever on screen saying welcome to the date and goodbye see you tomorrow. So presumably you batch the recording of the live video?
gonna blog about it soon. in truth, we don't know until we try it. so we're trying it.
are we gonna have to have the santa claus conversation with you too?
Favourite thing about you two :) Love it!
Want to delete the comment?
Ooooh I really like this... Classic album covers as stamps: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8444156.stm
hehe. not at all, you know we'll talk about it (and probably live stream recording of it too).
i just like to talk about these things after the fact, or at least once people have enjoyed them. otherwise it's like listening to the directors commentary first.
I've heard that they have to keep down the amount of things coming towards you during a film because it's not good for your eyes.
i can imagine it makes you constantly refocus.
Yes. Agreed. I wondered what else you could sneak in.
I just had a moment which was positively Gamboling-esque!
I was tying my tie in the men's bathrooms and a random colleague walks in (I don't know who he is). As I am halfway through my Windsor knot he turns to me and asks "How many times have you done this?"
...to which I reply "I got the knot right first time".
He responds with "I meant, tying your tie in front of a mirror?"
...which I respond with "Oh, all the time! I mean, I can do it without the mirror but I am never satisified with the size of the knot or the length of the tie!"
He responds "Yeah, me too!". We finish tying our ties, he leaves the bathroom and bids me good day.
Totally random and yet quite thought-provoking at the same time!
But I shall wait for the director's commentry like everyone else
Excellent :)
Ken Block (The mad Subaru Gymkhana guy) has signed a deal with Ford and M-Sport: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80754
Frankly, with this guy and Kimi in the championship, I might just have to start watching WRC again ;)
I knew you would like it ;)
Talking of gamboling, and the weather, my post today is about my proposed new temperature scale: http://www.gamboling.co.uk/2010/01/andronov-temperature-scale.html
So today in Denmark it's -11A?
Blimey... That is cold!
you are mental. but i love it!
Surely all we need to know these days is, "is it going to be warm". Seems to make much more sense.
I think this archive series is going to be fun, because lots of people really haven't been reading since 2004!
I'm going to get in even more trouble re: gorman from Christine right?
agreed.
you are?
from cali:
Project Natal will be available this 2010 holiday season and will work with your existing xBox!
boy.paper.screen << that is all
http://twitter.com/CaliLewis/status/7466589883
I thought Christine was the bigger Gorman fan? Perhaps not.
I only meant for withholding information. There's nothing bad about Gorman - of course not. Man's a genius!
:)
than me? no-one is.
Ah. If only you had a personal blog then there would be a place you could write about all of this :)
if only i had the time.
I think that's what Amy said ;)
Next job is metric time, my friend.
How did you go on with the 6 day week challenge?
I have heard of him but I don't know much of his work. Care to enlighten me?
british comedian. went and found 52 people in the world with the same name as him. i think one was bassano's neighbours.
ooh, alex. did you see the crystal palace reference in the daily the other day? i remember thinking we should ping you, but then i forgot.
Has a series on radio and TV where people suggest their Genius ideas like new temperature scales and he and a guest decide if they are Genius or not.
(Note I was not on this show and haven't submitted anything to it - so it's not that if that's what you're thinking)
I did I commented I think (I hope)
About the meal in the dino?
ahh. was just checking i hadn't heard of you, before i heard of you.
I have lots of time, just nothing to say :D
phew. didn't see the comment, but i've missed a lot of late.
could you ghost blog my inner thoughts?
Ah probably not. Depends if you ever hung around in the comments on Dave's blog.
not too much, no.
Well in that case... Probably not. Leading us back to the only chance being after / before some random gig in Camden.
true story (probably)
My favourite post gig conversation ever was with Eliza Geirsdóttir of (Bellatrix and Skandinavia... well I was going to put fame, but probably not).
I remember her explaining to me that her favourite tv channel was The History Channel +1. Because of course it was a live history of what was on another channel an hour ago. "It's like double history, but in a good way!" she said.
something new from the itunes preview store:
http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/top-100/songs/journey/dont-stop-believin/
30 sec song previews.
woah!
I may turn that into a gamboling post at some point. So don't be surprised if you see it again. Along with the joke I wasn't smart enough to come up with live which was: "It's all just a little bit of history repeating".
hehehe :)
Morning all.
Morning :)
uh-oh.
is that the time?
Shirley Bassey!
Has anyone seen the spoof program called 'Rock Profiles'? It was made by the Little Britian people and it's available as an extra on the series one DVD. The Shirley Bassey parody in particular is brilliant!
What have you done now?
I have indeed. As is the Take That one.
That was good too. And the Elton John one!
nothing. just said i'd be asleep before the handover. and now i'm busted.
Just managed to catch up completely on a podcast and was really pleased with myself. I had been a way behind. And then I connected my iphone to the computer to sync and finish the process. And apparently there had been another one! Must catch up!
our best mate eric has been chatting to radio monte carlo, and said something along the lines of:
"There is a Frenchman on our list. There are several scenarios, including a French scenario, but this time this scenario has the smallest chance of success"
media are reporting it as romain being out of a seat. i'm thinking it could mean franck's in with a slim chance.
Oh, I give up with that. You sleep when you sleeps and I'll see you when I see you :)
choc-a-bloc checking out
I knew it!
Podcasts do have an annoying habit of doing that.
I has learned that eee connects to wireless when signal is low where vaio does not. <3
Morning everyone!
Morning Lukeh! How's it going?
Not too bad. Blue skies and sunshine today but the masses of snow still remain. Lucky for me I'm having a lazy day and going to try get as much work done as possible *key word being try* :)
How is life in sidepodland?
Pretty chilly, by all accounts.
Hello, everyone. :)
Hello to all saying hello ;)
Are you all safe and warm today?
Safe and cool. It's too hot outside. Heheh.
Max: "One thing's for sure, it's very far from over."
So basically, he'd ask Todt to change the rules and ban Flav again. Isn't he determined.
Mornin all.
Oh yay.
Morning all who have just turned up :)
First week of 2010 and it's already about the off track stuff :(
F1 Is Awesome :D
There isn't any on-track stuff yet.
That is a very good point!
I doubt there will be any until Melbourne as well ;)
I'm pretty sure there will be ;)
Oooh look at these purdy stamps - Lou will be happy there's a coldplay one
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8444156.stm
Division Bell for Pink Floyd though?
Yeah but... my point was it's a new year, new president and the same old mud slinging :(
Can we honestly remember a time when this didn't exist? Not recently, I'm pretty sure.
Its all in good fun...
Im reading the biography of Bernie, It seems F1 has always been more about the politics than the racing...
Morning! It is still a snow day, so no school! :P
Had a lie in then?
yes! It feels great. Listening Sidepodradio reruns again. Lots of fun.
does anyone know if Scott has blogged about this week's Thursday Thoughts yet?
Mm. It's nonsense. I wasn't expecting anything less though.
Is it on his blog?
This Thursday has been very good so far. Lots of laughs at the office. :)
How's your Thursday been so far?
Cold, but good thanks!
Exactly. My tolerance level for these stories is very low these days!
Just had a look and nopey. Will wait for him to set up a post to respond to about it :)
Snow leaves Britain very unprepared. School shut again. Taking the time to continue writing the show notes to my review of the decade.
I am eating chocolate. No compalints here
Alright, been watching F1 Season Review. Quite enjoyable.
Ooooh!! I forgot to say. My dream last night involved Franck Montagny which was really bizarre and a bit random in the way he was involved. I was at work and he came in asking where the toilets were, I said we didn't have any and he gave me a book about Toyota and there was something else I'm sure but I can never remember my dreams very well.. was a bit random him being in it though as it wasn't a F1 type of dream.
is it the DVD?
Yes.
Toyota?
it's great, but not fantastic.
Don't ask.
#blamemysubconscience
:P
I think that was because of the season itself.
Woohoo for Franck! Boo for Toyota!
I'm not sure why Toyota was involved but it was one of them really generic dreams as well. I have no idea why Franck decided to come shop at my shop. Sometimes you get deja vu from dreams... so who knows ;)
good point.
Well I enjoyed every second of it
;)
Not every second, surely.
#rememberAbuDhabi
You, probably did. I, as I pointed out in the awesomly edited Season Review Megamix, did not like it.
I forgot about Abu Dhabi! It was erased from my mind!
#damnyoutilke
I can also say that enjoyed Singapore because the naps I had from legard were oddly enjoyable, and I didn't miss much. Win win, really.
I still haven't seen last year's one!
Brownie points for RG.
Maybe Lukeh's subconscious remembers that Franck was, for a while, Toyota's 3rd driver...
Boo.
:S
Now that there are smaller teams, the cars will probably be slower, and will prompt overtaking and accidents. Hopefully the racing will be better this year.
Oh yeaaaaah. My mind remembers rubbish stuff.
Get in.
It's Lew Hams birthday!! Have a great day lew ham!
I have an autocourse calendar - it has all these birthdays on there.
Wha..? Rats.
Do you think he will call me? Maybe he's busy on his birthday?
Mr. C. should send him a Birthday wave ;)
my present got lost in the post, I think.
Happy Birthday Lewis!
Which reminds me... Michael Schumacher's birthday was on the 3rd. We seem to have forgotten. Well... I did anyway. :D
Gah, my birthday remembering system is not working at all!
41...in F1 driver terms, that's mega old.
Hi. I like the Andronov scale :-)
Thursdays are a bit rubbish
Tuesday was my RRRRRRubbish day this week!
This Modnation Racers game looks interesting: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/01/littlebigracer-hands-on-with-modnation-racers-for-the-ps3.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
Sorta like Little Big Planet for Racing games?
Yep, it was debuted at E3 last year and it looks fantastic! The beta should be out and about this month too for the PS3 so I'm keeping my eye out
An article on ASI, for those attending or planning to: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80760
Lotus is gonna be testing their car on Feb 17th it's seems
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80763
Still nothing from USF1 and Campos...
Christine are you a mac user who doesn't like that the maximise button doesn't actually maximise?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185327/geektip_its_a_cinch_to_add_aero_snap_to_mac_os_x.html
#confidentualfrommrc
I am one of those, yes :)
:) Yay!
Me too... I am so paying for that!
#confidentualfrommrc
Chrome does Snap too, and Firefox on Mint...
I sort of object to having to pay for what is sensible functionality.
*pay extra, I guess I should say.
Like copy and paste on the iPod?
I was late because of the ice on my car. It has a condensation problem so the inside gets as iced up as the outside - the trouble is it is easy to scrape it away, it's the last little thin film you can't see through but that won't go away is the problem! The heater is also broken otherwise I'd whack it on full and wait a couple of minutes.. I thought I'd left enough time, but no..
oh and I'm covering the phones and I hate phones
That sucks :(
What scale is this? I think my Thursday is more than a bit of rubbish....
That's slightly different, but yea, if you bought the upgrade just for copy/paste.
Well... now hold on these are two different things.
1) Apple should have fixed this maximise in the OS they haven't so we're paying somebody else who has written an app. I don't mind paying the other people. But wish I didn't have to because Apple should fix the problem.
however
2) When Apple releases a new version of an operating system for the iPhone surely they can charge for it no? Or should they give you new versions for free forever for your iPod?
Ah, good news! I'm going to enjoy that aspect of this year.
I bought it too. 3.0 has been as good as it has been bad, sadly :(
*iPod
I'd agree with Mike Gascoyne - considering they were the last of the 4 entrants to get the nod, they are moving VERY quickly.
Not for me. 3.0 has tons of great stuff in it.
McNish!
Yes of course they can and I gladly paid for it. I think most people would have done so just for C&P though.
We've seen more than enough from Lotus to suggest they're doing well with their plans for 2010. Virgin seem confident with their car too and, whilst not as much as Lotus have seemed so, they also have been quite vocal about how they're progressing.
Yet all we know of the others is, Campos have Bruno Senna, and USF1 have pictures of them with machines.
Such as?
My iPod Touch v2 has been buggy and slow since the upgrade and patches. I have tried a reset and a restore to no avail. All for C&P and the 30sec button :(
Campos passed a crash test apparently, and USF1 have suppliers that forget to add them to their website, because supplying an F1 team isn't a high-profile deal or anything ;)
Ah, sorry to hear that. I have no idea what the differences are really, I'm stuck with my Nano.
There is a certain irony in that the last new team to get the nod (Lotus) seems to be the most ready, and that the first new team to even announce their intent to enter in 2010 (USF1) seems to be the least ready.
Most of it is fine, but the autoplaylists (like Top 25 Most Played) are so screwed up I can't use them anymore.
I wonder if Lotus bought the IP to the Lola wind tunnel model that was made in June?
Speaking of Campos, from Will B:
All sessions, eh? Sounds good. That leaves USF1 then...
I guess they aren't major bugs that stop me using the iPod, but they are little annoyances that weren't there before.
Would I buy another one? Yeah probably, because an iPhone is too expensive for how little I would use it.
Could be, but I would think that if they did, we'd have heard of it by now...?
Hang on... why do we take their word for it and not USF1?
Hmm. It does seem quick, all things considered.
I'm using an iPhone now, and I am using it A LOT!
Although that said, if I had to buy it at full price (400 GBP here) rather than the actual price I got it at (80 GBP due to loyalty to my mobile carrier plus usage over the last 2 years), I probably wouldn't have bought it.
USF1 has a known bigmouth in charge and Campos has a known racer ;-)
1. It's Will B saying it - he's a journalist we trust, right?
2. More importantly, USF1 has made some mention about suppliers, but have they even mentioned if they will be at the tests or not?
Oh, and that too. At least Campos has already run teams in the lower formulae. :)
I have to pay something like £500-£600 for a six month contract. My current mobile bill + my unlimited Wi-Fi bill comes to about £40-£50 per month - in other words, it would cost me double for little extra functionality!
Fair enough.
Hmmm. I'm seeing some tweets saying that the points system might be refined to 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. No proper source yet though.
25-15-10-6-4-3-2-1 FTW :D
Well of course having an iPhone means I get to use more of the stuff so my view is skewed... But... Video recording, search, tethering, share multiple images, Turn by turn, google street view, MMS, CalDev support (syncing to multiple calendars instead of just one), variable scrubbing speed for tracks (+ 30seconds back), landscape on loads more apps, trimming video, and headphone fastforward and rewind :)
That is an awesome list!
And you got it free!
I'm getting very good value right now - our mobile carrier has a special program right now, where your mobile number also gets a corresponding landline number, and you can make unlimited calls to all mobiles on the same carrier AND all landlines in Manila - and only for £5 a month! I then use my £8 consumable for Wi-Fi (which is 5 UK cents for every 15 minutes). So I end up only spending £13 on my monthly bill.
Indeed. oh and copy and paste :)
Well, I do understand that they really want to reward the top 10 finishers (to appease the midfield and the new teams). So if it's true, at least they're giving more value to a win.
Now you're just showing off :P
It's not needed. Ask Steven how many points were awarded in the days of a 26-car grid ;)
True, but it's different days now. People seem to be more... financially conscious. I think FOTA wants to ensure that the teams are as sustainable as possible.
Also, since teams are WAY more reliable now, it's less likely the new teams can sneak points in...
Remember what Joe said just before Christmas. The points system has nothing to do with the FIA. It's all to do with commercial concerns. (On the last asside)
Yeah, that be what i was about to say, it's alllll about moooonay
I usually ignore the new device discussions but I read this on 'slate' computers (which I only discovered existed yesterday) and found it made good points.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/maggieshiels/2010/01/tablets_microsoft_fails_to_wow.html
Which aligns to my point on financial consciousness. :)
I think the way we have to look it is....
It's better than medals ;)
It was a spoiler presentation. Lots of people have been calling them tablet pc's for years. And there are strong rumours that Apple is about to launch theirs at the end of January. And the rumour was that it was to be called the iSlate.
So this was Ballmer trying to rain on the parade. However. The problem with his device is that it's running Windows 7 on it which is designed to be used with a mouse and keyboard. What Apple did so well with the iPhone / iTouch was design a device specifically for touch interfaces. So expect the Apple product to actually have a much better demo because a) it's designed to work well using just touch and b) the demo wasn't rushed out on a prototype a week before Apple's just as a spoiler.
What is the highest resolution picture format?
jpg, gif, png, bmp ?
You have heard of Google, haven't you?
I tried it and it said tiff, but i've never heard of that before
*tga
I've actually read this now and I like his quote at the end. Seems to be a reasonable goal to be picking off Toro Rossos..
Resolution does not depend on picture format. Picture quality does. Basically JPEGs are lossy codecs - where some picture quality is lost for compression purposes. GIFs are normally animated, PNGs I know little about and BMPs are normally uncompressed.
So that was basically a long way of saying that if you want the best quality, go for BMP ;)
Fair enough. There's a wealth of information on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats
When exactly did the former Top Gear presenter find time to invent a picture format anyway?
Ah so they are next-gen tablets then.
I'm not surprised at MS trying to get some press beforehand. They ought to have planned it better. I can't understand the logic of trying to get a desktop/laptop OS into a different device. I may not be Apple's biggest fan but they did a wonderful thing in teaching not just MS but mobile manufacturers that their mobile OS's were mostly terrible.. Not that I have a great deal of experience with 'em.
Don't go for BMP! no no no!
TIFF or RAW are best.
Gifs are not normally animated, but they can be.
If you need total fidelity TIFF or RAW.
Then if you need to just send somebody a picture use JPEG.
If it's a drawing use GIF or PNG which are quite similar (this stops the fuzzy edges that JPGs sometimes have).
And never use BMP ;)
Hello all, working from home today, just had lunch & caught up on the comments. Happy Christmas to all who follow the Orthodox tradition. Back to work now, comment with you later
Why not?
Only works on pc pretty much.
because it is evil
So what's the equivalent?
I always save my images as JPEGs for the blog - seems to be for most digital cameras too...
And is far less efficient at storing image info. So if you have lots of colour depth etc the file will be far larger than TIFF or RAW.
But it is uncompressed?
So for charts, how much bigger are TIFFs or RAW compared to JPEG?
Basically you should think of these as standards:
I'm a professional photographer and I want to keep the best quality version of my picture - RAW (or possibly TIFF)
I'm posting a picture of something or someone on my blog - JPEG
I'm posting a map or diagram - GIF or PNG (PNG by preference [more colours] but not as widely accepted as GIF).
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-news/225722/vervisch-still-waiting-for-force-india-test/
Bless this guy, bet he's well disapointed
Good news everyone Mr Bean has a chance of being EU president
So why do cameras save the files as JPEG?
For your graphs you should be using GIF or PNG not anything designed for photos. That's where the little bits of detritus come from.
Note professional in that sentence. Your SLR will save in RAW.
Excellent news. USF1 has belts.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3958941&id=223461686185
I assume this is going to be for some kind of harness to transport their toasters.
Here's a graph in both PNG and JPEG note the slight discolouration in the JPEG format and some wonkyness on the flat parts on the top of the bars, also the sizes
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/pnggraph-png (8k)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/jpeggraph-jpg (40.1k)
I could have done better than that at Series 1. I hope the next series sees an improvement from myself. Mr Bean clearly blew us all away. ;)
I've noticed that on windows 7, even Paint saved in PNG rather than JPEG now.
As the default option I mean, of course.
Blocks of colour and lines are much better in PNG
I wondered if it was worse to be closer to Mr Bean?
I can see what you mean. I'll use PNG from now on ;)
What were you measuring?
random numbers
Clearly I shall not interfere when it comes to random numbers in the future! :P
Why does it say "Belts under consideration..." it's not like they're testing them! Just pick the ones that are fia compliant and get on with building your car!!!
#rantover
lukeh got owned ;)
The visible metal on the sides of the belt looks very flimsy.... The seatbelts in normal cars are very solid. That looks like it belongs in a pushchair.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80766
oooh
More formula 1 news from the twitter of Jonny Noble - Double diffusers may be a no go from 2011 it seems
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80766
Chucking out all these different things today then, wonder if we'll hear anything about the points rumours that were mentioned earlier?
On the back of predictions that the downforce levels of cars will this season potentially go beyond what they were at the end of 2008, teams have decided to take action.
Wait... fugly cars that are as fast as before???
"I don't think there was a reduction in overtaking, but the changes to improve overtaking didn't help. And in fact, if you look at the numbers, it was never going to.
"But if you look at it carefully, what the [F1 teams'] aero group set out to achieve it actually did, and if you take the diffuser away it will do exactly what it said on the tin. Unfortunately that will never help you overtake anyone."
Aww Jeez...
FIrst people (legitimately) complain that they're not saying or posting anything. Now people are complaining about everything they do post.
I don't know anything about these things but it really doesn't look that sturdy to me... :P
I'm just cranky. Back at work. GRRRRRR!! ;)
I think when people normally see them they're in the car and have all that padding on them, etc., so they look a lot thicker and sturdier. But I dunno, I've never seen F1 belts outside of a car.
It's the thickness of the metal at the connection though. It looks bendy.
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/resources/images/zoom/SSP25083.jpg
thats the same harness but made up
now the water's gone. this day gets better.
Boo.
Uh oh, no more cups of tea?
There was a small thing in this games magazine I was reading earlier looking at 2010, and they mentioned the F1 games. Apparently screenshots have been shown to the games press but an embargo prevents them from being shared so sounds like we may be getting some info soon.
I'm assuming we won't see anything until at least a few liveries have been shown off.
I'm always amazed that no matter what you do, the engineers will eventually figure out a way to make the cars as fast (or faster) than before.
Do you reckon this has something to do with the fact that the engineers designing the cars often make the rules? If you say "we'll decrease this by BIG NUMBER and increase this by little number" then that sounds good ;)
Im not saying they do it on purpose, but if you make the rules then you'll be the one who knows how to get hte most out of them
#potentially
Afternoon all. As it turns out, Sixth Form and the High School were closed. Yippee!
The audio quality on The Feeder Series is MUCH improved! Or maybe it's all just in my head :)
ooh really? you think :)
new mic's doing the job then :D
It could be, I wouldn't put that past race car engineers, either :)
So this was Ballmer trying to rain on the parade. However. The problem with his device is that it's running Windows 7 on it which is designed to be used with a mouse and keyboard. What Apple did so well with the iPhone / iTouch was design a device specifically for touch interfaces. So expect the Apple product to actually have a much better demo because a) it's designed to work well using just touch and b) the demo wasn't rushed out on a prototype a week before Apple's just as a spoiler. {Comment #208}
What makes it worse is that Microsoft already have operating systems designed for touch interfaces (e.g. Windows Mobile 2003). Would it not have been easier for Microsoft to simply do a version of WM2003 that looks and feels like Windows 7?
No tea and the issue of discovering the situation after using other facilities...
Oh. With no water, it must be time to go home, surely?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
morning.
Someone's living in the past :)
Even you can't get away with a morning at this time of day.
http://f1.gpup...for-force-india-test/
Bless this guy, bet he's well disapointed {Comment #300}
I was wondering what happened to Frédéric's test (I re-read the issue of F1 Racing that said he'd earned the test). I don't buy the test ban excuse because that didn't come in until the end of 2008. There was plenty of time to squeeze in a few miles in the old car in the autumn of 2008 or something to distract people from silly rumours.
ah.
Hullo. Have you seen the sun today?
yup. twas up before i slept, why?
Welcome back!
Last night Mr C said good night to me when I went to bed and was still up when I woke up. And now I get to return the favour!
:)
oooh, me likes :)
you'd think..
okay, hint received.
Woohoo!
:D
apparently it is back.
Good old FOM. From Lee Mckenzie
To all of you who mention HD...FOM are saying 2011 :-(
To be very honest, I'm personally fine with 2011. Because even if it were in HD in 2010, we wouldn't get it in HD anyway. We'd have a better shot in 2011.
It's good news in that aspect but as far as I'm concerned it should be ready by now anyway. If a lot of other sports can have it working fine now why not F1?
Bernie may have only decided to buy all the equipment now. Which would probably mean that it wouldn't be ready in time for the start of the 2010 season.
The ghost of DigitalF1+ will always loom over the sport as long as Bernie's in charge.
again, I can understand if he's only got it now but he should have got it ready ages ago. Bernie is so behind the times with modern media in my opinion it's not even funny.
Again, I go back to DigitalF1+. Bernie was WAY AHEAD of everyone else there, and he got burned. So I kinda see where Bernie's coming from here.
Same here, our rinky dinky cable company is getting bought and the purchase won't be done for a few months. The new company can't start building out stuff and offering Speed in HD until after the buyout is complete.
it's not just bernie. you're wrong to single him out. all of the teams and fota are just as utterly clueless.
f1 minute video isn't in HD because the only HD footage we have came from a team who are no longer in the sport. and even they only did that as a one-off. everything else, including material from mercedes distributed last week is in SD format only.
USF1 may not have a car. Or drivers. But THEY have an HD video on youtube! ;)
i guess it boils down to two interconnected things: ratings and ROI. if F1 went HD now, how many viewers would it gain? on the other hand, if it didn't, how many viewers would it lose? is SD/HD a primary consideration for potential viewers who are thinking if they want to watch or not?
given all those, is it worth the investment they'd make in HD if they did it now rather than later (when it might be cheaper to do so)?
i think that might be "youtube hd", rather than true hd.
Well indeed. I think that they'd get more viewers if they instead sorted out the live internet coverage. But of course I'd ideally prefer both :)
Better than true SD ;)
Good point on the internet coverage. Right now, I'd prefer they prioritize that. But yes, both is better. :D
true. but for example, youtube calls this "HD":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vipg8-KEegY
but you wouldn't want to watch an f1 race that looked like that.
The crappiness of that video doesn't have very much to do with the resolution.
oi! :)
i know, but the point is, "hd" is a variable definition. it can mean what you want it to mean, but what i'm interested in is 1080 progressive footage, made available by all teams.
once we have that, then we can point the finger at bernie and say he is behind. right now, f1 is behind.
errr.... uhhh...
(I have this strange feeling my foot is now in my mouth and I don't know why)
(looks at who uploaded the video)
oh crap
i just wanted to use an example where i knew where the source material came from.
my apologies.
If it makes you feel any better, the resolution was better than what I get Speed TV in.
no need to, you're correct, the lens, lighting and cameraman all suck. however, it's just as much "youtube hd" as the usf1 clip.
I think this is the universe paying me back for taking all the prime rib leftovers, leaving my wife with none.
You're the guy in the family who nicks all the crackling from the pork roast, aren't you?
Be warned that my cousin did this about 5 years ago and he is still being hassled for it :P
If we roasted pork, Yes, yes I would ;)
Perhaps I should get a pork shoulder and actually roast some pork!
In Denmark, everyone roasts pork. It is the national dish! :D
Pork is awesome. Unfortunately, for some reason, the smell of pork chops makes my wife slightly queasy. Perhaps it's too much awesomeness.
Like it's always Danish bacon. The country has a pig obsession!
I would think they'd have a fish obsession, being where they are. But I'm allergic to fish, so Pork is moar bettar.
Hello,
Sadly nothing to do with f1... but i've taken a bit of a break to write a blog post and upload some pics..
blog -
http://photofinishblog.wordpress.com/
and some photos -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/sets/72157623064516554/
comments etc are most welcome :) hope you're all having a lovely day!! sadly i've now got to go and do some more textiles.
See you!! :) xx
Your photos are awesome! That piccie of the fox with snow on his nose melted me, it's so sweet :)
A link to your pictures is always welcome! Very nice!
Very nice.
Man looking at all the snow in England, I hope the whole country doesn't go Donner Party on us.
The snow itself might not do it.
If it gets in the way of tea delivery, THEN there might be a problem!
I photoshopped yesterday how BBC News treats the snow in the UK
The TV is basically exactly the same though so for all I know I may have simpy print screened ;)
that's hilarious!
You're not wrong there!
We'll if that is the case, should we send these over on a special flight in with a boat load of shovels, road salt, and kitten mittens?
Don't blame us for the snow!
I have no idea what that is but i think it would scare off the snow, the animals, the citizens of the UK and the land itself.
Don't worry, we know whose fault this is...
#blamesteven
Those are the snow blowers the railroads use to clear the tracks through mountain passes in Serria Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges. They can cut through a 9 foot snow drifts at speeds of about 20 miles per hour.
They'll do the trick.
They would do the trick by the sounds of things! Sadly we are woefully inept at dealing with even the smallest of snowfalls here...
Bacon = Meat Candy
This is a different variety. I remember seeing these operate when I would visit my grandparents in Montana.They look wicked when they are operating.
I suggested a Doctor Who related name on Lou's blog :)
http://photofinishblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/
Ahh, good to be back home, safely avoiding the rest of Thursday.
It was a bad day for reasons described earlier, but got better because Mum has been round to put up a couple of blinds and a curtain so it should be a tiny bit better insulated here now. It is now a good day because of that and the fact I am home with a cup of tea.
Pfft
If a feed exists (and I'm reasonably sure they shoot it in HD), it should be available for use to anyone who wants it. I personally can't get it in HD either but it should be available to those who can.
That's because they did what they always do and charged too much.
Think about the advertising tie-ins and returns though. We already know Panasonic (with Toyota) and LG (with the F1 brand) are or have been trying to sell HD TVs using F1 as a hook.
Bit of fun for ya - a fun game to play while watching disaster movies or war movies: http://rubbergoat.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/spot-the-stiff/
but now those companies are looking to sell 3D hardware, f1 is behind again.
so... no thursday thoughts today?
Nothing that can be printed in a family friendly forum. Stupid work is forcing us into using Java for our web development with no reason given and no evaluation of other technologies.
given the choice, that's what i would use.
It would be nice if they had at least let my team (the programmers) had a say. You know, the ones who are actually going to be using and maintaining it. If the people making the decision are still working here in a year I'll be shocked.
I shouldn't really complain, I don't do any programming here (although I could easily switch into that role), I'm the systems engineer, it just gets my goat.
Phillips and LG both use a lot of F1 in their tv marketing, here at least
F1 Needs to skip HD, Go straight to 3DHD
Good god no.
with 35 races/season too, right? :)
I don;t understand this fascination with 3D TV! In the film, fair enough, but TV seems to want to be going 3D, also 2010 is being tipped as being 'the year gaming goes 3D' (Sony are set to update the PS3 firmware to support 3D gaming very soon) and allsorts...
I just want to watch TV or play games in HD! Thats all! None of this 3D malarky!
Hear, hear! Lukeh for President.
Why Not, Broadcast 3D is coming this year, For the people who dont want it, the 2d Pictures will be in HD anyway.
The fact they are delaying a year could be a good sign...
Imagine seeing a car passing another and being able to see the depth clearly...
it can't 3d technology requires a high definition picture.
companies want people to be buying new TV's and not keeping their HDTV's for 10 years before buying another one.
Apparantly the World Cup is going in 3D. Scary thought as Messi looks as if he is going to do a sidestep on you.
I like HD, and just HD
thirded.
Go straight to contact lenses outputting images directly to your retina.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8436124.stm
Why does it matter, If you dont want to view in 3D you can just watch in 2D.
Its a bit like if you dont want to watch pictures, you can listen to the radio?
I only want 3D if it is a hologram
I just don't get the point. To me all these technology companies either seems to think we all want 3D or they just wanna show off what they can do.
it's true.
my favourite thing is the installation of 3d screens at football games. you can already see the players in 3d, they're right there on the pitch. who goes to a football game a puts on a pair of 3d glasses??
I think they are just showing what they can do, People will inevitbly want it, maybe not everyone.
Remember the Wii sells far more than the PS3 & 360, some people want to have the more fun basic system, whilst others are willing to pay more for the more imersive experience of the powerful consoles...
Where's that been said like?
That would be silly, but imagine a 3D onboard going though Eau Rouge in an F1 Car...
It would be something most people could never experience any other way
Instead of a TV taking up space you could have a fold-away or roll-up mat that you put on the floor when you want it. It'll project the images up and you can have people in your room. Or with racing it could be laid out at Scalextric scale and you'd see the whole track, or zoom in on a corner or something..
I'm not sure how commenting and live timing would work.
They want to do what? That's insane.
in america, will find a link, one sec.
it'll project onto you wall.
they are already:
http://www.mefeedia.com/video/26638110
I could see it working in the NFL, Sometimes you need a slow-mo replay to have a clue as to what just happened!
I think 3D is perfectly Suited For F1 though...
I was gonna say, weren't gonna find any West Ham or Milwall fans wearing them...
The only thing I think it would be any worth for is for replays on the big screen, ie, looking back at the moment they just witnessed more or less exactly the same.
note that the audience boooed at the 3d bit, and "didn't appreciate the technology".
you'll spend the whole match taking your glasses on and off!
Might be more fun than some football matches, but it still is rather pointless..
i really do see why, more than any other sport?
you're thinking about the lava lamp building... aren't ya?
*do not.
it's like "after the fact" 3d, they took the 2d picture and did some funkyness to it to make it "3d". And I agree, I'm there to watch the game, not put some stupid glasses on.
I just think the onboards provide a huge chance to immerse the viewer into the competitors perspective with 3D, I belive motorsport does that better than anyone else, at least at the moment.
You also have the speed which will make it all the more compelling, seeing trees and buildings fly past you.
more likely to make to unwell.
Possibly, but games will be headed that way too, im sure they will find a way to develop compensations into the tech
That's a big screen! I can see why it would be great - if it weren't for the need to have the glasses. Imagine being in a 100k stadium. Squashed in, you'd lose those glasses pretty easily.
It happens to some people with games now. Bare with me for my explanation, there's probably something better on the web that explains it but there's something in the presentation of Half Life 2 is different to a lot of games, and can cause motion sickness if you get affected by that kind of thing
I am testing the F1M video embed. Is my sidebar too small?
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/
i think the youtube grey border is too big.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE_5eiYn0D0&feature=player_embedded#
A nice 3d :) video of the flight that had to ditch in the Hudson River a year ago.
2 things....
1) http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0690-jpg allll eaten :D
2) http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0719-jpg WOOOO
I agree
Ooh i had a lok at that earlier, Video F1 Miniute is very cool! :D
have removed from the sidebar for now.
off to have another session of C&C war.
we'll sort out a player asap, just pulling together yesterdays in time for christine to put out another :)
yay :)
You will be selling it onto the tv networks next! :D
No hurry, will add when ready.
STOP COMMENTING!!!
we might have too, it's a bit of a full time job.
huh?
oops... totaly busted!
whats he done now?
Its certainly high enough quality!
I was supposed to be paying attention to her on skype and got caught ;)
cheers. christine is in hd, we just need the f1 stuff in hd too :)
multitask fail?
oh you so totally got busted. and we saw it!
your a man, you can multi-...oh wait. ;)
Evening all
howdy.
OOPS
hehe, One Day...
he just types too loudly...
Sorry Nick
:D
*puts christine's hat back in box*
:D
hehehe :D
Last time I wore a hat you called me a flump. That's not happening again soon.
oops
I'm he meant the marshmellow sweet...
...ah who am I kidding.
I'm sure, not I'm he. That's just silly.
Chrome no likie the sidepodcast wiki page. Gives me a "Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!" because it references some stuff from statcntr.com
oooh. wiki fail :(
The wiki has been failing quite a lot but I am not sure what to do about it.
are there any other wiki options? don't fancy rewriting that right now.
I run a mediawiki at work.
It's the easy-peasiest to use, that's the thing. All the others have special languages.
self hosted though? don't really want to pay any more hosting fees if we can help it either.
Nick just put a straw in the wrong end of a Capri Sun.... I need some moral support!
#Rebel
Theres a hole? How can you put the straw in the wrong end?!
.....
Oh dear
He turned the carton upside down and made a hole in the bottom.... Scary times.
I have nothing to say
Are we sure he's from this planet? ;)
You deserve it this time Nick
That seems like a bad plan
hehe, its not as bad as you all think...
I'll give you moral support once I understand what you're talking about :) google here we come...
It's a soft drink in a foil pack container with a pre-cut hole to push the straw in
thanks Steven. I looked it up. Link. Groovy soundtrack to the website. I remember we had a similar named thing in Australia a long time ago.
So I'm guessing there's no big F1 story if we're discussing this ? :)
Look at this. It's WRONG
thats quite amusing actually
On that video we see a male stabbing the bottom of the capri sun with a straw
Is someone filming Nick?
Its... innovative
Ha!
I knew it was awesome!
Alison? via skype
:D
Alison is on skype with him
Clearly he is working for Capri Sun and this was all a big marketing ploy to get 10 more people onto their website
hehe awesome!
oops. i was going to mention that :) i really love this soundtrack....cool background music
oooh... if they paid me in capri sun, that would be awesome!
Just wait till they find out you're not making use of their designated punch hole!
they could employ cost cutting - why make the hole if people create their own
although to me it will always be Capri-Sonne
Who would be daft enough to make the hole in the bottom though.... Then it can't stand unaided!
You realize you already know the answer to this question... ;)
I think that's why the question was asked!
My mum bought me a creme egg!!
Question is; is it last year's or this years...
Now that is
#wrong!
Its way to early!
She wanted to buy me sweeeets
But i only had the last of my Christmas chocs today!
so we are talking about easter things? i thought maybe i was missing something. that's crazy. no offence to Jon's mum.
We have easter eggs in work already :(
I didn't get many, am not a chocolate (on its own) fan
really?
Boo ;) I agree, but they are uber nice.
Not for sale yet but we have lots ready to go on sale next month.
have we plugged f1 minute video to you yet?
http://www.f1minute.com/category/video/
*wedotalkf1honest
unless Christine is driving in her car while doing it, I'm not so sure I'm interested :)
I agree. but first week of January?!
Here in the USA, I arrived for Halloween, then the shelves changed over to Thanksgiving and the day after that, out comes Christmas. I had a checkout person talking about the next holiday coming up in 6 weeks - valentine's day. this country thrives on capitalism!
gone in 60 seconds. love it!
Hi peoples.
Long day. Glad to be home. :)
evening
;)
Hey mate.
Hi RG! :)
Hi Lukeh. You're my 2nd favourite Welshman at the moment. 1st is a guy who calls us quite regularly to sell us something and we have a good relationship with him at work. He regularly takes the biscuit out of us and vice versa! Great guy! :D
I will take second. This morning I was ranked lower than Mr Bean so that's a vast improvement.
On a plus side, in general, Sidepodcast is like a 4th home to me. I'm not naming my 2nd and 3rd homes, but Sidepodcast will move up the list.
I'm both shocked and fascinated that someone would rank you lower than the great Mr Bean!
Unlucky you / Lucky you. Nice to "meet" you :)
So the James May Lego house was on Danish TV tonight... in Danish!
Is this from series 14 of top gear? I just started catching up on them this week - haven't got to that one yet.
It's Top Gear without the cars ... like every other program they do basically ;)
James May's Toy Stories, Episode 5 I think.
aah thanks guys. I knew about the wine show but didn't know they'd spun off into more shows.
The word in Sweden is that the new owners of the Renault F1 team are in the process of trying to buy the entire Saab Automobile firm from General Motors
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/genii-capital-bidding-to-buy-saab/
Howdy
Gah. Bloody Swedes again!
you don't like saab?
hey ya.
They must be about the fifth or sixth company that has tried to buy SAAB in the last few weeks. I can't see any connection between SAAB and F1. All their heritage is in rallying.
Hi Jackie
Hola
I'm just kidding. There exists a friendly rivalry between Sweden and Denmark, which amuses me constantly!
Hi Steven, loved your latest article :)
Just in case you missed it earlier, I have blogged about a fun game you can play whilst watching disaster movies - the term was coined by Punt & Dennis and my wife, my colleague and I have developed it a bit ;)
http://rubbergoat.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/spot-the-stiff/
Hi Jackie!
Hi Gavin and RG
I am sure you will like the follow up but that won't be for a week or two and I will be amazed if anyone here has ever heard of him.
Who?
I am saying nothing until the article appears.
:( can we play a guessing game?
If you like
A driver from the 70's?
Yes
Did he score more than 10 points in his F1 career?
I might have if he was in that game I mentioned ;)
I think Sweden has a rivalry with everyone "up there" right? I'm thinking Finland. I was told years ago by a swedish person about how companies exist just to help business from two countries work out deals because Finnish folk are generally more relaxed and indirect about things whereas the Swedes can be point blank direct which can come off rude to the Finnish. I'm not generalising much :)
No
In other words, should Jackie try and look him up on F1Rejects? ;)
No I don't cheat
Sweden used to rule Finland so it is a Scotland / England situation.
No
I have no ides - I just know the Swedes and the Danes at work take the p*** out of each other and all the Scandinavian countries are very different (down to their tongues)...
Because he won't be there
Was just kidding :D
this is like uber-i-spy!
except without the fall out when someone refers to a scot as "British".
I will find it interesting as I don't have much knowledge of 70' 80's stuff
:D
grrrrrrr
Oooh don't get Swedes and Danes mixed up either! Bad Scott!
A Scot :)
And don't call the Finns Scandinavian either.
I just refer to everyone as "foreign". That way I can offend everybody at once. Very efficient! ;)
i prefer two T's :)
I prefer Scot capitalised :P
Yeah I know that one. But it's a common mistake by most people so I am carrying it through.
I have asked some Danes why Finland and Iceland aren't Scandinavian and the best answer I can get is "they just aren't - it's a geographical boundary"
Especially if you're from Rockall.
*cough*cough*
Is this thing on?
I understand the situation only because you see it here sometimes when someone uses "British" and "English" interchangeably.
me two :)
I'm here all week. Try the fish.
I was under the impression Scandinavia was the whole Denmark/Norway/Sweden/possibly-Finland. Am I wrong in that understanding?
Rockall is Scottish
LOL
Usually it's British while they're winning and Scottish as soon as they lose/crash/fall over.
I thought it was Sidepodlandish
Denmark-Norway-Sweden apparently.
Denmark-Norway-Sweden apparently
That's very true
It's Denmark, Sweden and Norway. If you ever visit Finland on business you get a great reception apparently if you say that you deal with Scandinavia and Finland.
:) it's like how i refer to my favourite sporting teams - " we won", "they lost". i'm very casual about my support these days....
Mr C, when you use a Flickr pic, do you ask them first, or do you just use it and then link back?
Claimed as part of the UK, I would imagine rather than by Scotland alone.
Denmark also has a claim on Rockall too ;)
You need to check what the photo is released as.
Yeah right
depends if the pic is licenced under creative commons. if so you can use it without asking, if it's all rights reserved you have to ask permission.
thank you :)
does anyone from denmark podcast from rockall?
Apparently because of the Faroe Islands
That's what I meant. Squidoo has a great article with explanations of what each of the licences means and what you are permitted to do with released images: http://www.squidoo.com/cc-flickr
How the heck would I know? I have an intense dislike of Danish media!
especially for #rg: http://www.f1minute.com/category/f1-big-picture/
Sauber :) Two in a row, I love you lot.
Kobayashi :(
Ah yes, their revolutionary invisible nose cone.
If you build it, you will come. last. #sorryrg
*Crosses off christmas card list...
See. I said cloaking devices could be made now
I'll give an example - there is a well-known story about a robbery gang from the 80's who were known to the secret police (The PET) but didn't tell the police. They were only caught after they shot a copper dead and they decided to share info.
This was 20 years ago and the secrecy part and other unanswered questions still bug people. The whole saga is very interesting because Danes are quite a mild lot - so the idea of all of this is very foreign.
Anyway, they interviewed a politician who was a policeman on duty the night of the shooting. The journalist asked:
"Could you have been the one that was shot that night?" Followed by "If the PET had told the police about the gang earlier and therefore caught the robbers before the shooting, do you think the dead policeman would still be alive today?"
Honestly!
:)
heh!
After last year's big nose they decided to go minimalist :D
i guess the one for 2009 got lost in the mail ? ;)
i thought you could say what you want if you use a hash tag of sorry. Kind of like, you can start a sentence "With all due respect" and finish it bitching about someone.
I sent it to Italy and then I remembered you had moved.
Not with me, I read everything :)
Got another one. During COP15 Arnie came to town. There was a media scrum to interview him outside his hotel. So the little reporter from the Danish TV channel that's like BBC shoved her way to the front and asked this really hard-hitting question:
"Mr. Schwarzenegger, what do you think of the weather in Copenhagen?"
You could just see the rolling of the eyes...
two things there - cops tend to look out for each other.
-politicians never answer the question asked. they just give an answer they want to give. I saw one journo in Australia, on a live tv interview, repeatedly ask the same question over and over again until he got an answer to the question he was asking. it was fantastic journalism that really showed how the game is (normally) played. journalist 1 politician 0 (on that night).
:) what a coincidence, there used to be a Scott in italy that hung around this website. maybe he got the card?
I love the way there's a big gap and then the wheels carefully placed where they will be in relation to the car. I'm guessing that's so the driver can get an idea of what he'll be able to see on the actual car.
do you think USF1 is looking at that thinking "at least we've built a nose?"
G'night guys :)
Night Gavin!
See ya mate.
night
Night!
More likely - "see, they've left a space for the toaster"
that's my guess as well, Sarah Fisher's seat fitting had the same thing: http://twitpic.com/wxhlp
This is awesome: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8447023.stm
That is exactly why they are there and the string that the mechanic has above the driver's head is from the top of the roll hoop in the dash to the roll hoop behind his head. For obvious reasons his head has to stay below that line. They will be trying to seat him as high as possible to give him the best view while keeping him below the safety line.
:D
Good night
I say awesome, I mean cold, obviously.
woah
Wow.
How did (that rather small part) of Ireland get away with it?
There's a bigger version here: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2010007-0107/GreatBritain.A2010007.1150.250m.jpg
?huh?
I saw that on TV earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjgS8AATd4
Strange....
Possibly inspired by this: http://www.firewirestudios.co.uk/project_images/gp_toaster.html
Heading off now, see you all tomorrow evening. Night everyone.
that's great!
See ya mate.
me too. farewell Lukeh and farewell all.
Byeee.
Night Lukeh
"The arctic conditions...."
ARCTIC?!?!
have you ever been to the arctic circle, it's quite considerably colder than this!!!
*drum roll*
5 Events That You Have to Attend in 2010
http://www.feederseries.net/?p=279
Have commented :)
Thank ye :) Annoyingly, it's got me on a search on how to update my Avatar....because i cant find it on wp.org
is your blog hostted on wordpress.com, or self hosted?
self
gravatar.com I believe. It automatically does it for wordpress if you use the same e-mail, I do believe.
ooh thank you :)
your a star
I know.
And thats my cue to go. I may be here tomorrow morning, I might not be. We'll see. See ya later and losta love.
and really really really moddest
adios mr RG of North-shire
Having bed thoughts, so ta-ra chaps and chapesses, will speak with you lovely folk tomorrow morning if my phone doesn't break and/or run out of credit on the train there! Byeeeeeeeeeeeee....................
adios!
If you subscribe, check my Twitter feed. It's an amusing picture to say the least.
linkety-link-link?
http://twitpic.com/x47a4
Not sure if it'll display, I protect my Twitter updates.
Are you using Chrome by any chance?
That was the caption in the Twitter update. ;)
"sidepodcast's Real-time Doohickey (copyright Mr C 2010) has a slight bug in Chrome....."
Hang on, lemme find the drop.io/sidepodcast.....
nonon, i saw the pic. are you using chrome?
Jon, I am using Chrome, as evidenced by my earlier comment:
"sidepodcast's Real-time Doohickey (copyright Mr C 2010) has a slight bug in Chrome....."
oooh sorry, didnt read all of it.
yeah, chrome does have doohickey issues
I figured. ;)
Piccy for those not Twitter-esque.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/sidepodcast-doohickey-jpg
You don't have to be on Twitter to view a Twitpic.
And to apologise for the crap picture quality and explain the bug:
all the buttons are labelled "Reply", even the 3 iddy bitty ones just to the right of the comments box.
You don't?
Sucks for privacy that one, if you have your status updates protected. :-/
Give it a refresh and it should sort itself
Only sucks if you post it out of your twitter stream in a public place?
I did, and it worked.
Is this because Sidepodcast is used to being rendered in broken browsers and Chrome's the only one that actually renders it as the specifications intended?
It's the easy-peasiest to use, that's the thing. All the others have special languages. {}
My wiki provider (Mindtouch Deki Wiki) is free, hosted by them and doesn't use any special languages unless you really, really want to... ...but given that it often takes two attempts to get the pages to show any content, you probably don't want to use that as an alternative service unless you really, really have to...
There's a page on wiki options at Wikimedia, which may help you out a bit if you're looking for an alternative supplier.
not necessarily, i could easily find your twitpic url, its just twitpic.com/your username, and i know that. so theoretically you can
That actually doesn't work. ;)
Twitter isn't designed with privacy in mind - just like email, never post enything you wouldn't want to be seen on a postcard sent through the mail.
Although if you do it properly, it does, and that's a bit worrying for those concerned with privacy.
Sidepodcast's into Cali Lewis?
It just moved up a whole level of cool! :D
I encrypt my private email by default when I use my mail client. By work regulations it has to be unencrypted. ;)
and if i said she once left a comment here...
http://twitpic.com/photos/Turkey_Machine
My phone just went "ting" like a bell the minute that got posted.
A text arrived. But it wasn't SPC related. Just a bloody nice coincidence. :D
Alright smartarse....
hey everyone :)
As quick as Lou arrives, I'm off. Need sleep. Long day ahead of me tomorrow. Bring on the weekend already!!!!! :D
*waves*
sleep well.
*waves back* how are you today mr c?
Hey Lou
Hey all
Morning all. Meant to be a lovely day today so I am going to explore Albert Park after work and see if there are any signs of life yet.
Hi Amy
Find yourself a good spot :)
heyya.
Twitter is full, apparently
Not seen this one before
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/full-twitter-jpg
i get it often in the evening
Get in line 11 weeks early? Id miss the tennis!
I rarely access via the interwebz, no wonder they restrict apps refresh rates
That's the Fail Whale - used to be a regular sight for me.
:D
Ahhh, I know the term but was unaware of it's origins
I get the feeling there's going to be a new release of Firefox very soon. This one is broken.
I just realised I don't have any bread to make tomorrow's lunch, and I'm already leaving early because of the ice. May have to take the noodles I was saving for a late night snack over the weekend...
:(
I hate that
What do you think of Chrome Andy? I tried it once, then when back to my normal FF & Safari combo
I've not tried it and don't intend to as I don't like the way it breaks the GUI.
How do you mean?
Do you remember Safari 4 beta? With the tabs across the top of the window?
Ah yes, that irritated me too
Well they pinched the idea from Chrome.
have you downloaded firefox beta by mistake?
Yeah, I remember that when the S4 beta was released
I guess it's the self-contained tab thing and something that makes it stand out from the crowd a little
ahh... we had this discussion yesterday.
.........runs for the hils.
No.
Oops, sorry
I don't see the allure personally but it appears to be taking off rather well
It's also supposedly because Chrome runs each tab as a separate process, so it's a neat trick to collect all the processes/windows together. Unfortunately it breaks the "rule" that a particular UI element should do just one thing.
That's because it's FAST, especially compared to IE8
That's what I was trying to say [in a rather bad way :)]
Goodnight all.
Night Andy